SUMMARY - Friday, 30 January 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 30 January (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini received at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava on Friday Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations of the Holy See, who is paying an official visit to Slovakia, the President's Office's communications department told TASR, adding that the reception was held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the basic treaty between Slovakia and the Holy See. https://etasr.sk/article/22897115 Bratislava, 30 January (TASR) - The Holy See remains one of Slovakia's closest partners in both diplomatic and spiritual matters, Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) stated following the talks with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations of the Holy See. https://etasr.sk/article/22897060 Bratislava, 30 January (TASR) - Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, arrived in Slovakia on Friday for a three-day visit that marks the 25th anniversary of the Basic Agreement between the Slovak Republic and the Holy See, which came into effect in 2001, TASR was told by the Slovak Bishops Conference's (KBS) press office on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22896953 Bratislava, 30 January (TASR) - National rail passenger carrier ZSSK is set to optimise its workforce in 2026 via mass lay-offs in accordance with the Labour Code and a collective agreement, ZSSK spokesperson Jan Bacek stated on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22896630 Bratislava, 30 January (TASR) – Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) held talks on Friday with Czech Finance Minister Alena Schillerova on Slovakia's experience and challenges related to state-supported rental housing, which has drawn the interest of the new Czech government led by Andrej Babis. https://etasr.sk/article/22896772 Prague/Bratislava, 30 January (TASR—correspondent) – Slovakia and the Czech Republic want to act in tandem in Brussels, not fearing to raise certain topics and to defend the interests of both states, claimed Slovak Environment Minister Tomas Taraba at a joint press conference with his Czech counterpart Petr Macinka and Czech government commissioner for climate policy and the European Green Deal Filip Turek in Prague on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22896659 Bratislava, 30 January (TASR) - A protest entitled "Let's stand against collective guilt" took place on Bratislava's Main Square on Friday evening, organised by Koz.ugy - Common cause, a platform for young Hungarians living in Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/22897108 Vranov nad Toplou, 30 January (TASR) - The police have charged a 35-year-old man with murder, spokeswoman for the regional police in Presov Jana Ligdayova told TASR on Friday, adding that the man allegedly inflicted multiple stab wounds on his relatives, who died in the town of Vranov nad Toplou (Presov region) on Wednesday (28 January). https://etasr.sk/article/22896876 Bratislava, 30 January (TASR) – At the time the Agricultural Payment Agency (PPA) application was paid out, no person linked to Fafokan Guesthouse had been charged or convicted, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's press department told TASR on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22896840 Bratislava, 30 January (TASR) - Boris Gregor, who is currently in charge of the economic department of state-owned forestry company Lesy SR, has won the selection procedure for the post of the company's director, the Agriculture Ministry told TASR on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22896990 Notice: If you click on the link or copy it into the search window, the browser will display the full text of the message in the new e-TASR client zone. If you have any questions, please contact obchod@tasr.sk. am